2018 Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency by-election explained

Election Name:2018 Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency by-election
Country:France
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 French legislative election
Previous Year:2017
Election Date:28 January 2018 (first round)
Next Election:French legislative election, 2022
Next Year:2022
Turnout:20.33% 27.76% (first round)
19.09% 20.51% (second round)
1Blank:
%
2Blank:
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Nominee1:Antoine Savignat
Party1:The Republicans (France)
1Data1:3,855
23.67% 5.92%
2Data1:7,167
51.45% 5.69%
Nominee2:Isabelle Muller-Quoy
Party2:La République En Marche!
1Data2:4,768
29.28% 6.65%
2Data2:6,762
48.55% 5.69%
Nominee3:Leïla Saïb
Party3:La France Insoumise
1Data3:1,867
11.47% 1.34%
2Data3:Eliminated
Nominee4:Stéphane Capdet
Party4:National Front (France)
1Data4:1,647
10.11% 5.19%
2Data4:Eliminated
Nominee5:Sandra Nguyen-Derosier
Party5:Socialist Party (France)
1Data5:1,121
6.88% 1.40%
2Data5:Eliminated
Nominee6:Bénédicte Ariès
Party6:Europe Ecology – The Greens
1Data6:1,009
6.20% 2.33%
2Data6:Eliminated
Deputy
Before Election:Isabelle Muller-Quoy
Before Party:La République En Marche!
Posttitle:Elected deputy
After Election:Antoine Savignat
After Party:The Republicans (France)

The first round of a by-election was held in Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018, with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Isabelle Muller-Quoy, candidate of La République En Marche! (REM), in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 16 November 2017. It was the first legislative by-election held during the 15th National Assembly.

In the first round on 28 January, Isabelle Muller-Quoy of La République En Marche! and Antoine Savignat of The Republicans (LR) advanced to the second round, as they did in June 2017, with Muller-Quoy securing a considerably lower share of the vote amid low turnout. Savignat was elected in the second round with 51.45% of the vote, defeating Muller-Quoy.

Background

On 14 November 2017, the Constitutional Council heard an appeal regarding the 2017 legislative elections within Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency by the three main defeated candidates, Antoine Savignat of The Republicans (LR), Denise Cornet of the National Front (FN), and Leïla Saïb of La France Insoumise (FI), who argued that the election should be invalidated because Michel Alexeef, selected as a substitute to elected deputy Isabelle Muller-Quoy of La République En Marche! (REM), previously served as a president of an employment tribunal within the constituency from January 2016 to January 2017, rendering him ineligible to run in a legislative election under the electoral code.[1]

The Constitutional Council annulled the election of Muller-Quoy on 16 November 2017 under article L.O. 132 of the electoral code, and a by-election was held in the constituency in 2018 to fill the vacant seat.[2] [3] The legislative by-election was the first to be held since the election of Emmanuel Macron, and the first to be contested by a REM candidate.[4]

Since the 2017 legislative elections, the Constitutional Council received 298 appeals within 122 constituencies; since 21 July, 242 of these were rejected, with another forty cases outstanding when the result in Val-d'Oise was annulled.[4]

Though the poll opening and closing times were initially set as 8:00 and 18:00 CET,[5] these hours were later extended to 20:00 CET.[6]

Candidates

On 14 December 2017, the by-election was scheduled for 28 January 2018, with a second round on 4 February should no candidate secure a majority of votes in the first round; candidates are required to file between 2 and 5 January.[7] As of 17 December 2017, Isabelle Muller-Quoy declared her candidacy for La République En Marche!, Antoine Savignat for The Republicans, Stéphane Capdet for the National Front, Leïla Saïb for La France Insoumise, Sandra Nguyen-Derosier for the Socialist Party (PS), Bénédicte Ariès for Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), Hélène Halbin for Lutte Ouvrière (LO), and Denise Cornet for The Patriots (LP), having stood under the FN label in June.[8] In addition, Huguette François of the Party of France (PDF), previously invested in June as part of a far-right electoral alliance, Debout la France (DLF) candidate Jean-Paul Nowak, Christophe Hayes of the Popular Republican Union (UPR), and Brigitte Poli of the French Communist Party (PCF) also filed to run.[9]

Campaign

On 9 January 2018, the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) announced its support for Savignat, whose substitute, Nathalie Groux, is an elected member of the UDI.[10] Xavier Renou, substitute to Leïla Saïb, candidate of La France Insoumise, alleged that mayor of Beaumont-sur-Oise Nathalie Groux, substitute to Antoine Savignat of The Republicans, made it deliberately difficult to register as a candidate, a claim that Groux denied.[11] On 13 January, Florian Philippot visited in support of Denise Cornet, followed by Christophe Castaner in support of Muller-Quoy on 14 January. Nicolas Bay visited on 19 January in support of Stéphane Capdet, and La France Insoumise deputies Alexis Corbière and Adrien Quatennens visited on 20 January to support the candidacy of Leïla Saïb, the same day that Valerie Pécresse came to support Antoine Savignat. Minister Agnès Buzyn visited to campaign with Muller-Quoy on 22 January,[12] followed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on 25 January,[13] the latter's visit considered an appeal to the traditionally right-wing tendencies of the constituency.[14]

In the first round on 28 January, Muller-Quoy received 29.28% of the vote, compared to Savignat with 23.67% of the vote, a significantly smaller margin than that in June. Saïb arrived in third with 11.47% of the vote, followed by Capdet with 10.11%, Nguyen-Dérosier with 6.88%, and Ariès with 6.20%.[15] On 30 January, Castaner came to Beaumont-sur-Oise to support Muller-Quoy,[16] followed by Pécresse and Laurent Wauquiez on 31 January to back Savignat, not long after a tense meeting of the two at the national council of the party on 27 January,[17] and were accompanied by deputy and LR vice president Damien Abad. On 1 February, Philippe and Castaner visited the constituency together at a public meeting in support of Muller-Quoy, who was introduced by deputy Aurélien Taché.[18] In the second round on 4 February, Savignat was elected deputy with 51.45% of the vote, defeating Muller-Quoy, who received 48.55%.[19]

2017 election result

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Isabelle Muller-QuoyLREM35.9354.23
Antoine SavignatLR17.7545.77
Denise CornetFN15.31
Leïla SaïbLFI10.13
Sandra Nguyen-DerosierPS5.48
Bénédicte ArièsEELV3.86
Brigitte PoliPCF2.57
Albert LapeyreLT-NE2.18
Michel Boisnault577–LI1.87
Huguette FrançoisUDP1.28
Lionel MabilleUPR0.97
Thierry SallantinAEI0.83
Hélène HalbinLO0.79
Brigitte GilibertSIEL0.78
Mistafa FanouniDIV0.24
Katia LebaillifPVB0.01
Élisabeth GaucherR&PS0.01
Rudy BruyelleDIV0.00
Anne-Sophie VuilleminPCD0.00
Votes100.00100.00
Valid votes98.0487.92
Blank votes1.539.49
Null votes0.432.59
Turnout48.0939.61
Abstentions51.9160.39
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior, political parties

2018 by-election result

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%+/–Votes%+/–
Isabelle Muller-QuoyLREM29.28–6.6548.55–5.69
Antoine SavignatLR23.67+5.9251.45+5.69
Leïla SaïbLFI11.47+1.34
Stéphane CapdetFN10.11–5.19
Sandra Nguyen-DerosierPS6.88+1.40
Bénédicte ArièsEELV6.20+2.33
Jean-Paul NowakDLF4.31+4.31
Huguette FrançoisPDF2.63+1.36
Brigitte PoliPCF1.97–0.60
Hélène HalbinLO1.25+0.46
Denise CornetLP1.19+1.19
Christophe HayesUPR1.04+0.07
Votes100.00100.00
Valid votes97.24–0.8088.69+0.77
Blank votes2.04+0.467.70–1.79
Null votes0.80+0.353.61+1.02
Turnout20.33–27.7619.09–20.51
Abstentions79.67+27.7680.91+20.51
Registered voters
Source: Préfecture du Val d'Oise, Préfecture du Val d'Oise

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Notes and References

  1. News: Législatives dans la 1re circonscription du Val-d’Oise : les recours enfin examinés. Le Parisien. 14 November 2017. 17 November 2017.
  2. News: Législatives : le Conseil constitutionnel annule l'élection d'une députée LREM du Val d'Oise. franceinfo. 16 November 2017. 16 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Décision n° 2017-4999/5007/5078 AN du 16 novembre 2017. Conseil constitutionnel. 16 November 2017. 4 February 2018.
  4. News: Emmanuel Galiero. L'élection d'une députée LREM du Val d'Oise invalidée. Le Figaro. 16 November 2017. 16 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Décret n° 2017-1685 du 14 décembre 2017 portant convocation des électeurs pour l'élection d'un député à l'Assemblée nationale (1re circonscription du Val-d'Oise). Légifrance. 15 December 2017. 29 January 2018.
  6. News: Julie Ménard. Législative/ Val-d’Oise : les bureaux de vote sont ouverts. Le Parisien. 26 January 2018. 29 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Election législative partielle 2018 - 1ère circonscription du Val-d'Oise. Préfecture du Val d'Oise. 15 December 2017. 17 December 2017.
  8. News: Marie Persidat. Législative/1re circonscription du Val-d’Oise : déjà neuf candidats sur la ligne de départ. Le Parisien. 17 December 2017. 17 December 2017.
  9. News: Election législative partielle / 1ère circonscription du Val-d'Oise : les candidats au 1er tour. France 3 Paris-Île-de-France. 18 January 2018. 21 January 2018.
  10. News: L'UDI soutient les candidats LR lors de deux législatives partielles. Agence France-Presse. Europe 1. 9 January 2018. 10 January 2018.
  11. News: Législative/1re circonscription : embûches entre les candidats insoumis et la mairie de Beaumont-sur-Oise. Le Parisien. 4 January 2018. 20 January 2018.
  12. News: Marie Persidat. Val-d’Oise : dur de mobiliser les électeurs pour la législative partielle. Le Parisien. 21 January 2018. 21 January 2018.
  13. News: Ludovic Vigogne. Béatrice Houchard. A Belfort, bousculades garanties pour la prochaine législative partielle. L'Opinion. 16 January 2018. 16 January 2018.
  14. News: Valérie Hacot. Législative partielle : Edouard Philippe en tête d'affiche. 27 January 2018. 27 January 2018.
  15. News: Thibault Chaffotte. Julie Menard. Laurence Allezy. Législative partielle dans le Val-d'Oise : nouveau duel entre Muller-Quoy (LREM) et Savignat (LR). Le Parisien. 28 January 2018. 2 February 2018.
  16. News: Mathilde Siraud. Édouard Philippe en campagne dans le Val-d'Oise. Le Figaro. 1 February 2018. 2 February 2018.
  17. News: Marion Mourgue. Pécresse et Wauquiez vont s'afficher ensemble dans le Val d'Oise. Le Figaro. 29 January 2018. 29 January 2018.
  18. News: Pierre Lepelletier. Dans le Val-d'Oise, l'élection législative partielle vire au duel national. Le Figaro. 30 January 2018. 30 January 2018.
  19. Web site: Législative partielle Résultats second tour 4/02/2018. Préfecture du Val d'Oise. 5 February 2018. 5 February 2018.